in the 3 weeks since i had back surgery, i have spent a lot of time doing 2 things. reading and watching television. i have been able to read more than usual since i am at home 24/7 and i have enjoyed that. but the major difference is the amount of t.v. i have watched.
normally, my schedule is such that if i watch television at all, it is either early morning sportscenter and/or news, or late at night (around 11:30 pm) when i get home from work before i go to bed. before my back went out, i had, besides news and sports, 2 shows that i intentionally tried to watch (or at least record) each week. over the last three weeks i have been amazed at how easy it is to get sucked into television habits.
bare with me, this is not going to be a rant against television...(though i suppose that wouldnt be entirley bad)
there were two programs that i came across recently that made me wonder why anyone in this country would take evangelical christians seriously at all.
it wasn't due to an unfair summary of a biased news anchor, it wasn't because a reporter mis-represented the views of the estimated 50-80 million american evangelicals.
nope. what made evangelicals look so ridiculous were the evangelicals that did all of the talking.
the two programs were the october 14th edition of 60 minutes and a documentary on HBO called ""friends of god".
over the next few posts, i will review and explore what it means if the evangelicalism presented by these two programs are representative of the actual substance .
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